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My cat challenging the camera to a staring contest.

Today is Independence day in the US and  I just want to wish everyone a Happy Fourth of July!

Forget a quarter this seagull was not going to let anyone use this viewfinder at the Nubble Lighthouse unless they paid him with some treats!

Sorry I have not been posting or visiting your blogs the last couple of days. I went to my brother’s house for Easter and did not have time to post new photos. Hope you all had a good Easter! I am taking a break from Nubble Lighthouse photos for a bit but will post some more soon. For now here is another shot of Salem Willows in Salem MA. This was taken in March and this street with arcades and food stands that is usually mobbed in the summer was like a ghost town.

The entrance to Salem Willows park. Looks kind of scary after the processing and with the Lensbaby effect! I can assure you in person its not!

An ornate street lamp on an ordinary pole at Salem Willows Park in Salem, MA.

Another shot from the marina this time of a “manlift”.  I assume this is used to lift workers up high to work on the larger boats.

With Easter fast approaching the Jelly Bean harvest is in full swing! Here is a red Jelly Bean plant that has been harvested already by the Jelly Bean farmers. Near by there were green, orange, and even black jelly bean plants all waiting to be harvested for Easter Candy!

Haha just joking obviously I dont know what this plant is but the berries do look like jelly beans to me!

Another shot from the marina this time of the side of an old boat where the paint on the wood is chipping.

Here is a shot I took at a Marina this past weekend of the undersides of a bunch of boats being stored over the winter there.

I got a chance to go to Salem MA over the weekend and I used my new Lensbaby lens alot. Having said that I am not sure about this shot. I like it but I sort of think it may have been better with a higher aperture on the lensbaby so there would be a bit less blur. What do you think did I go overboard with the lensbaby on this shot?

The Beast had plenty to eat today! We had about a foot of snow today and it devoured it!

Another shot of our old and faithful snow blower (An 8HP International Harvester Cadet 268)  from my last post this time of the spark plug. I will probably post a few more photos of this snow blower from different angles as I found it an interesting subject!

This old snow blower has gotten alot of use this winter and despite its age and rust it still sucks up snow with the best of them. This is one of my better photos from my first time out with my new toy…A Lensbaby Composer!! After seeing some of the things that could be done with this lens on other people’s photoblogs I really liked some of the effects you can create with this lens and decided I wanted one and was lucky enough to get it for my recent birthday. It definitely is going to take awhile to fully realize its potential and get better using it but one thing is for sure it is very fun to use!